i happen to be a trained web designer lmao and i absolutely detest any site that won't test its features in multiple browsers. further googling of this issue has resulted in the conclusion that photobucket does not care about firefox or their engineers didn't take a course in basic web design since cross-browser compatibility is essential

makes me hate photobucket more which doesn't help the situation any since it isn't the icon makers' fault for uploading there. sigh

at least i figured out a solution though which is what i came here for